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Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne has suspended the operating licences of a company that now acknowledges far more salmon died at its southern Newfoundland aquaculture operations.

Two-thirds of North America's birds or hundreds of species — including almost all of Canada's Arctic and boreal birds — will be squeezed by shrinking habitats, putting some at risk of extinction, if climate change continues at its current pace, a new report predicts.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a couple of apps that help reduce food waste and look at the climate policies of the federal political parties.

If you take prescription Zantac or other heartburn medications that are part of the worldwide recall announced Tuesday, what are your options? Here are some answers for Canadians taking these drugs. 

If you take prescription Zantac or other heartburn medications that are part of the worldwide recall announced Tuesday, what are your options? Here are some answers for Canadians taking these drugs. 

The Assembly of First Nations says the current federal election is seeing a record number of Indigenous candidates — and First Nations voters could swing the vote in almost one in five ridings.

An outbreak of canine distemper is killing dogs on a northern Manitoba First Nation and has the potential to spread to other communities.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet apologized Thursday after media outlets uncovered a number of Islamophobic and racist social media posts by candidates running for the sovereigntist party.

In addition to the request for an RCMP review, the Manitoba Liberals are calling on the province to perform an inquest into the death of Christine Mitchell, who overdosed in July, while living in the home of City of Brandon chief administrative officer Rod Sage.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil industry is preparing for a serious uptick in exploration activity, with $4 billion in work commitments poised to attract near-record drilling in the next few years.

Boeing Co said Thursday that airlines had inspected 810 of the company's 737 NG jets around the world, and found 38 structural cracks requiring repair and replacement.

Polls suggest NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was the top performer in Monday's debate, but tonight's French-language debate puts the pressure on last week's TVA debate winner: Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet.

Polls suggest NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was the top performer in Monday's debate, but tonight's French-language debate puts the pressure on last week's TVA debate winner: Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet.

Maxime Bernier's People's Party says it won't take action against one of its candidates in Nova Scotia who called Islam "pure evil" and "not compatable with democracy."

Two Florida businessmen tied to U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance violations resulting from a $325,000 US donation to a political action committee supporting Trump's re-election.

Two Florida businessmen tied to U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance violations resulting from a $325,000 US donation to a political action committee supporting Trump's re-election.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has started to lay down some of the conditions his party would want to see met in exchange for supporting another party in a minority Parliament scenario.

The man charged with killing an on-duty Abbotsford, B.C., police officer nearly two years ago has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

Flag-draped Iranian women watched a FIFA soccer match from inside a Tehran stadium Thursday, the first time they've been freely allowed into a stadium in decades.

The Syrian owners of a Toronto restaurant they closed after receiving death threats and hate messages say they will reopen Friday with help from another business.

The Syrian owners of a Toronto restaurant they closed after receiving death threats are holding a news conference Thursday morning, a day after the family announced its intention to reopen the business.

Austrian author Peter Handke was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature, while Polish author Olga Tokarczuk was announced as the 2018 winner after last year's literature award was postponed following sex abuse allegations that rocked the Swedish Academy.

Groups are scrambling to change venues for events and conferences at four downtown Vancouver hotels that are behind picket lines. It's unclear when workers will be back on the job.

Rogers is offering a personalized, delivery and setup service for new cellphones. It continues the trend of retail moving from bricks and mortar to on-demand home service. But will it change the company's image when it comes to customer service?

A Vancouver woman is afraid to try to enter the United States after she was held for hours without reason and eventually denied entry at a border crossing — a situation immigration lawyers say is becoming more common.

A New Brunswick man says General Motors is being tight-lipped about an investigation into a fire that destroyed his 2015 GM Chevrolet Colorado earlier this summer.

Apple removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behaviour.

Turkish ground forces pressed their advance against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey's Defence Ministry said, launching airstrikes and unleashing artillery shelling on Syrian towns and villages the length of its border.

Turkish ground forces seized at least one village from Kurdish fighters in northern Syria as they pressed ahead with their assault Thursday, launching airstrikes and unleashing artillery shelling on towns and villages the length of its border.

Turkish ground forces seized at least one village from Kurdish fighters in northern Syria as they pressed ahead with their assault Thursday, launching airstrikes and unleashing artillery shelling on towns and villages the length of its border.

We've been getting lots of questions from young people voting for the very first time. So we've rounded up answers to some of the most common, from how to vote from afar to getting involved when you are too young to actually vote.

Tonight, Scheer will once again have the chance to debate in French. His party’s hopes in Quebec, and his own ambitions of becoming prime minister, may hinge on his performance.

Investigators with the provincial government reveal how a 'culture of fear' at Alberta's energy regulator stifled allegations of wrongdoing related to a controversial side project that cost the public agency at least $2.3 million.

Tonight, Scheer will once again have the chance to debate in French. His party’s hopes in Quebec, and his own ambitions of becoming prime minister, may hinge on his performance.

A CBC investigation into a special federal immigration program to resettle Vietnamese boat people in Canada has revealed flaws in the policy and raised questions about who ended up in the country.

The parents of a young woman who died in a fire at an unregistered Toronto rooming house are suing the landlord and hoping to raise awareness about the dangers of rental properties that don't comply with the fire code.

The Ontario government of Doug Ford has done almost nothing on the bulk of the promises in the greenhouse-gas reduction plan it introduced last November, according to a new report by an environmental watchdog group. 

If we are teetering on the edge of recession maybe it is groupthink, not inverted yield curves, that will tip us over the edge.

The author of a new book, Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity, says several federal election candidates identifying as Indigenous are basing their claims on a long-ago ancestor.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there was "no blackmail" in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry.

A large crowd filled the front lawn of Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School Wednesday evening to remember Devan Bracci-Selvey, who was stabbed on school grounds and passed away Monday. 

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Turkish forces have begun a military operation in northeast Syria, just days after U.S. troops began vacating the area. Who are the key players in the offensive and what's at stake?

Edouard Maurice, known as Eddie, and his wife Jessica say they didn’t want the spotlight, but since it was thrust on them they are going to use it to stand up for other rural landowners.

Even though it's legal, the big banks are balking at weed money, one Newfounland and Labrador seller found.